VETERAN’S VIEWS ON THE BOOK - BREAKING THE CHINESE MYTH
“Breaking the Chinese Myth by Major General Rajan Kochhar, VSM infuses a sense of secure future FOR OUR NATION. Counting the strengths and weaknesses the author weaves a strategy that visualises India at 100 years of independence, a country commanding international respect and dignity and also equipped with strong deterrent capability to any misadventure by its neighbours. Coming from a celebrated soldier it is both credible and reassuring. A must read for all who care for India. - PROF BK KUTHIALA – Chairperson, Haryana Higher Education Council (HHEC) and Former VC, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal, MP
Maj Gen Kochhar’s book comes at an opportune time when India is reviewing the complete nature of its bi-lateral ties with China. The author has cogently laid down the steps that India needs to take in evolving a comprehensive defence strategy and achieving success in the “Make in India” initiative. - LT GEN DS HOODA, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM and Bar, ADC (Veteran) Indian Army; (Former General Officer Commanding, Northern Command and Architect of the Surgical Strike Operation into Pakistan)
China’s phenomenal rise and march on to an upward economic trajectory is an irreversible process. The Dragon has already indicated its arrival on global stage as a leader amongst the comity of nations and its influence in Latin America, Africa, EU, Middle East and its own periphery is proliferating by the day. The ideas in the book are refreshing in its specificity which takes the reader step by step towards greater understanding of perceived Chinese Myth and leads to logical prognosis of India’s recommended growth and development trajectory. - LT GEN ABHAY KRISHNA, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC (Veteran); Former General Officer Commanding, Eastern Command, South Western Command and Central Command, Indian Army
Despite both being ancient civilizations, China remains poorly understood in India and possibly the vice versa is also true. While China has surged ahead economically, keeping in view our potential to emerge as an equally major player in the world polity, it is essential to have a deeper understanding of China in its entirety. Gen Kochhar’s book is a significant step towards breaking the mystery and myths on China. - VICE ADMIRAL M.P.MURALIDHARAN, AVSM and Bar, NM (Veteran); Former DG, Indian Coast Guard and former Member of Armed Forces Tribunal, Indian Navy
Major General Rajan Kochhar has well articulated the rise of China as an emerging global power and its implications on India after painstaking research. He has highlighted challenges and opportunities for the two Asian powers in the backdrop of contentious bi-lateral issues and the changing global and regional power dynamics. The book also deliberates on the various facets of Make in India. - LT GEN GYAN BHUSHAN, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC (Veteran); Former GOC, South Western Command, Former Member of Armed Forces Tribunal and GOC 4 Corps (Ladakh Sector), Indian Army
Truly speaking, China is a myth which needs be broken. However it cannot be broken without knowledge. This book provides us with the wherewithal to gain knowledge to start breaking the myth. The Sino Indian story will be one of cooperation and competition in this century, dotted with intermediate low level but high tension conflicts. Gen Kochhar has very clearly enunciated the steps India must adopt to keep the Sino India relationship on an even keel have been well laid out with emphasis on the need for India to modernise its defence forces on one hand and cultivating asymmetric countermeasures on the other. - LT GEN PR SHANKAR, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Veteran); Former Director General Artillery, Indian Army
The myth of PLA being a formidable fighting force started eroding in face of the resolute stance of the Indian armed forces, in the freezing heights of Ladakh (2020). Breaking this myth, however, is neither a one-time effort nor a function of rhetoric. It has to be a concerted effort driven by vision, strategy and resolute implementation. In his book, Maj Gen Kochhar hasoffered suggestions on creating a capability to meet this multi-domain challenge, which is here to stay. - LT GEN ANIL AHUJA, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & Bar (Veteran); Former Corps Commander, Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning and Force Development), Secretary Defence Acquisition Council and Defence Attache to Vietnam, Indian Army.
Demystification of China’s vision and hubris is an existential imperative for India. Having known General Kochhar intimately, this work is a product of his excellence both as a soldier and an outstanding logistician. This publication is notable for its focus on the critical elements of capacity building, preparedness, and indigenization. - LT GEN SANJIV LANGER, PVSM, AVSM (Veteran); Former, Member Armed Forces Tribunal & DG Defence Intelligence Agency & Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff, Indian Army.
With technology changing the contours of conventional war and the lines between tactical, operational and strategic elements of war increasingly getting blurred, there is an urgent need for us to recalibrate our relationship with other countries, particularly those who have historically been our adversaries. - PROF HIMANSHU RAI, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Indore and Chairperson Board of Directors, Indore Management Association
The book brings out incisive details about the complexities of the Indo-Chinese relationships and implications and options for India. China is a superpower in the making with its one party government ruling the roost and bulldozing its Agenda. India is the world’s largest democracy with its embedded contradictions - Application of brakes Agenda of the Opposition thus decelerating development. In order to overtake China, India will have to take quick decisions for effecting self reliance or Atmanirbharta. - LT GEN PRADEEP BHALLA, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC (Veteran); Former DG, Ordnance Services, Indian Army
Specific to India, China’s rise is unique as it is aimed to deny any strategic space to India and use strategic coercion as a tool of foreign policy. The recent Himalayan misadventure is an outcome of this revisionist strategic culture. It’s time to rethink, reset and recalibrate India’s China policy through a whole of the nation approach and build up both comprehensive national power and capacity. China only responds to her perception of relative balance of power. - LT GEN A B SHIVANE, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Veteran); Former DG, Mechanized Forces, Indian Army
Breaking the Chinese Myth is very relevant and a timely analysis of an aggressively rising China. It has covered the vast range of challenges outlying the strategy for coping with China. He has also covered the connected issues of capability building, modernization and Atmanirbhar Bharat. - LT GEN KJ SINGH, PVSM, AVSM and Bar (Veteran); State Information Commissioner, Govt of Haryana and Former General Officer Commanding, Western Command, Indian Army.
In this book the author has discussed China’s emergence as Global power, their foreign policy, a comparative analysis of military strength which gives us as a Nation the idea of what China’s policies will be in dealing with us. The most important futuristic aspect the author has dealt with is the imperatives for a comprehensive Security Defence Strategy: Vision 2047. - AIR VICE MARSHAL SURYAKANT CHAFEKAR, AVSM, Shaurya Chakra (Veteran); Former SASO Maintenance Command, , Gallantry Award Winner for sorties in Ladakh Sector, Indian Air Force;
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